Day 5 : Good Bye Bandung

I woke up fresh and early on that morning, as that was the day I would travel home. After our morning ablutions, we quickly packed up the rest of our things and went up to the 5th floor of the hotel. That's where the pool was ....

The pool was small, but it was inviting nonetheless ... 

Love this pavillion surrounded by greens

Here, we could catch some views of Bandung ..... 

 A train station there .... 

 A bus depot right behind us 

 Yonder the city of Bandung, West Java

We headed to Swiss Cafe on the ground floor for our breakfast .... and here are some of the items I enjoyed that morning ....

On the left were ham, a hash potato ball, and some cashews; On the right were cheese slices, assorted vegetables with salad dressing, fruits 

 Siomay and Bakso Tahu 

Siomay is of course shao mai dumplings and bakso tahu is beancurd stuffed with minced meat mixture, both served with a spicy peanut sauce and sweet soy sauce. I loved these. 

Spaghetti was really yum, with a hint of olive oil and black pepper; Stir-fried glass noodles were nicely flavoured and very textural with lots of vegetables used 

 Assorted muffins, cakes and pastries 

I climbed into the bus for the journey to the airport. Just outside the window, there was this guy with his ukulele ....

And he and his friend climbed into the bus and introduced themselves .... and started singing in exchange for some donations .... 

As usual, I felt apprehensive with them intruding the safe cocoon of the bus ...

Before long, we reached the airport, the Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Bandung.

 It was a tiny little airport, very warm and cramped inside 

 There was a long, long queue .... we stood in line for 40 minutes just to check in! We had to pay IDR75,000 per pax for the airport tax upon our checking in. 

The waiting lounge was just as cramped with hardly any places to sit .... 

 Waiting lounge

There was not much to do and swee there, just a Polo clothing outlet, a drinks cum souvenir kiosk, a cafe, and a mini bakery cum keropok store .... so we sat and whiled away the time. Our flight QZ 0137 was about 20 minutes late at that! 

 The Husein Sastranegara International Airport, as seen from the plane

Lunch was served on the plane shortly after take off .... our pre-booked meal was Uncle Chin's chicken rice .... 

 Lunch 

Chicken Rice

And I found it to be totally unpalatable .... the rice and the chicken were both dry, though the rice did taste a wee bit like chicken rice. Yuck. I left the meal uneaten ..... 

Two hours and five minutes later, we landed at KLIA 2. 

Oooh ... modern and swanky KLIA 2

We docked at Q7, and it was a long, long walk to the main terminal to collect our bags. By the time I exited the arrival hall, it was nearly 50 minutes later. And I was in transit for another 4 hours and 10 minutes ..... Let's go explore KLIA 2!